Mop-head



H. THOMPSON 81; R. Q. TUSON.

MOP HEAD. No. 15,352.

Patented July 15, 1856.

,t mm STATES PATENT oFFicE.

HIRAM THOMPSON AND RICHD. Q. TUSON, OF LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

MOP-HEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,852, dated July 15, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIRAM THOMPSON and RICHARD Q. TUsoN, of Lebanon, inthe county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Mop-Heads; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being badto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings is a top view of our improvedmop-head, and Fig. 2, a section in the line y, y, of Fig. 1,representing the respective parts thereof in the position for holdingthe mop yarns, or cloths, firmly within the head; and Fig. 3, is asection, representing the fastening cam-lever k, as being thrown upwardinto such a position as to relieve the binder f, and allow it to bemoved outward or in ward.

A cast-iron head, composed of a socket b, and oppositely projecting arms0, c, all cast in one piece, is secured to the end of the handle A. Thegroove in the outer face of said cast-iron head, curves upward at theouter extremities thereof, and thereby forms guidingrecesses at theouter extremities of the arms 0, c, of said head, fr the stirrupshapedbinder f. The ends of the binder f, are cast into, or otherwise combinedwith, the ring 9, which slides upon the handle A. Ears c, 6, projectoutward from an offset on the front side of the binder-ring g, andembrace between them the cam-lever h, which is combined therewith bymeans of the joint-pin 2'.

fined to the mop-head by forcing inward the binder f, and turning thecam-lever h,

into the position shown in Fig. 2. The outward action of the spring cl,against the milled, or toothed, surface of the cam-portion of thecam-lever 72, will render it impossible to move the binder f, withoutthrowing outward the said lever. The combined action of the said springcl, and the cam-lever h, forsecurely retaining the binder f, in anydesired position, is the es sential and valuable feature of our improvedmop-head.

Having thus fully described our improved mop-head, what we claim thereinas our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Firmly securing the binder f, in any desired position, by the jointaction of the cam-lever h, and the spring d, when the former is combinedwith the binder ring, and the latter is combined with the mophandle,substantially as herein set forth.

HIRAM THOMPSON. RICHARD Q. TUSON.

Witnesses:

A. H. CRAGIE, C. N. ELA.

